Building structure



Jan. 21, 1941. c. M. WEBER ETI'AL BUILDING STRUCTURE Filed July 6,. 1957 CPI/8L0 M WEBER. J oH/vj D. LED/V6.

Gum/M1 1 Patented Jan. 21, 1941 g I 2,229,535

UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicE---- 2,229,535 BUILDING STRUCTURE Carlo M. Weber, Cincinnati, Ohio, and John D. Long, Kansas City, Mo., assignors to The Philip Carey Manufacturing Company, a corporation of Ohio Application July 6, 1937, Serial No. 151,974

8 Claims. (Cl. 108-6) This invention relates to building structures faced on one or both sides with a reenforcing having floors, roofs, walls or the like, composed surfacing layer 5. While this surfacing layer or of preformed building slabs or units adapted to layers may be of any desired material it is preibe laid edge to edge to build up a layer of suberably of some such rigid material as cement stantially uniform thickness, and particularly asbestos. Such-slab construction is board-like 5 pertains to roof decks composed of preformed and rigid, thereby being load sustaining so that insulating slabs laid edge to edge with a means they may be walked upon and adapted to sustain interposed for securing the adjacent side edges heavy loads. of the slabs in relative position and providing When assembled the opposite ends of the slabs w for contraction and expansion between said slabs. rest upon slightly less than one-half the width 10 The practice heretofore has been to provide of the face of each respective beam. plates extending over the joint between adjacent Between the side edges of adjacent slabs, are slabs and then secure the plates in place by bolt expansion and contraction member 5 formed means extending through the slabs and plates. from any suitable material, but preferably w This, of course, necessitates providing ,holes in stamped from relativelythin flexible metal such the slabs and plates that must be aligned in regas sheet metal. This member is formed with istration for insertion of the bolts therethrough, base portions l and 8, oppositely disposed, with as well as requiring time for applying nuts and an intermediate rib 9 disposed therebetween. tightening them on the bolts after said bolts s ri may b c nveni ntly f rmed by e di have been inserted in place. The slabs are weaka portion of t e Strip back p tse a d wi h 2G ened by these bolt receiving holes, and are rigidly the retroverted portions spaced apart to provide secured together with no provision for contraca groove It. The rib is of a height l g 195$ tio b tw th lab than the thickness of the slab units, and is pref- It is the aim of this invention to provide means ab y of a height u t y l s han the t ickof resiliently spacing the slabs and clamping ness of the un ts to eave about Vs" clearance w the adjacent edges together by means attached w en the p x-of the rib and the horizontal t th spacing a s, plane common with the upper sides of the slabs. For a better understanding of the invention The rib portion is disposed at right angles to the reference may be made to the accompanying base portions or of a conformation to receive the so drawings in which: lower corners of the slabs. Member 6 may be Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a section of a of y e gth, but is coextensive with the lengths roof structure, with some of the parts removed, of the'slab and accord ngly extends from one having a roof deck embodying the invention; beam to another, the base portions thereof pro- Fig. 2 is a cross-section taken on line 2-2 of viding upp rt for the slabs throughout the r Fig. 1; and lengths. 35

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the clamps Associated with the member 6 is Clamp units provided with means to engage the side edges of H which may either be made in along continuous adjacent slabs and the spacingmeans inserted Strip disposed along the length of the Slabs betherewith. tween the beams or several shorter ones at inter- 40 Referring to the drawings, in which like nus h e wc These c ps are provided I merals are used to designate like parts, numeral With a base portion 52 terminating n a hook I designates conventional beams, such as I-beams portion it formed from an end folded down and or the likeycommonly used in building structures back upon e base in Slightly paced relation. for supporting a floor, roof, decking or the like. This hook is adapted to fit ov r one of the base 5 These are spaced apart at intervals with slabs por ons of the expansion member. The other 5 2 placed thereon in edge to edge relation to prop t n of t lamp is d sp s d at an angle to vide a continuous layer. These slabs are made e se portion and is of a length substantially of standard lengths in order to bridge between greater than the th ckness of the slabs. From two spaced beams, and be supported at opposite p n s on this he p i o h ed e opp e o ends of said beams. The slabs may be of any he hoo ed d a number o s ts i ay be construction, but are preferably constructed to P v thereby d d g th ge into a numprovide for thermal insulation. In the present her of tongues 5 exte d n om a Web it. The instance they are typified by a composition sheet ps are assembled between the S e e e of 3 having a relatively thick core l composed of adjacent slabs with the base and web seated re- .55 one or more layers of any fibre composition board p iv ly against ne of the ases and the rib of member 6, and the hook on the clamp engaging the edge of the base on member 6. When the clamps are thus assembled on the members 6 between the slabs, the tongues l may be hammered or bent upon the margins of the slabs, the alternate tongues being preferably bent back in opposite directions.

After the roof deck or other structure is thus formed, it may be covered with any suitable covering material. vention is typified in connection with a roof deck. Accordingly, the decking may be covered with any conventional weather surfacing material either in the form of built-up roofing, roll. roofing, strips or individual shingles. For example, the decking may first be mopped with a layer iii of hot asphalt, the mopping layer is overlaid with sheets of roofing felt H, the edges of the sheets being overlapped. A second mopping l8 of asphalt is applied over the roofing felt sheets, and then surfacing material in the form of slag or gravel or in the form of granular surfaced cap sheets is applied over the second mopping layer.

In the construction of the expansion and contraction member 6, it will be noted that the base portion 8 is in a plane slightly below the plane of the base portion 1. Base portion 1 of the expansion and contraction member and base portion l2 of the clamp II are in the same horizontal plane. sheets 3 are properly aligned in the same horizontal plane so that adjacent edges will not be raised one above the other. If the clips be inserted between the sheets directly over the I- beams, shims may be inserted beneath base portion 1 to provide a support on the beam in alignment with base portion 8. Or if hook portion I3 also seats on the I-beams, shims may be placed under both base portions 1 and 8' to provide supporting contacts in alignment with portions l 3.

If on the other hand, it be not desirable to have the composition sheets in alignment, the base portions 1 and 8 may be in the same horizontal plane, with the base portion l2 of the clip II in a plane slightly above. This will also, of course, raise the end of one slab slightly above the .other, that is, to an extent equal to the thickness of the base portion l2. Since these clips, however, are relatively thinabout the thickness of sheet metal-this displacement of the adjacent ends of the sheets 3 is not objectionable. They are ordinarily spaced at intervals and employed only between the I-beams, and accordingly do not need to be supported on the I-beams but there may be constructions in which it is de sued to have them resting on and supported by the I-beams, as they are, of course, of general zsiicllggtation and may be employed wherever de- In the construction above described th d of the adjacent slabs are slightly spaces. frifri the rib 9 to provide spaces in which the mopping material may flow and fill in the spaces on both sides and above the rib. The mopping material is yieldable and expansion and contraction is thereby further provided. The rib 9 reenforces the member 6 thereby permitting lighter gauge metal material to be-used. The member is sufficiently strong to serve as a support member for the slabs.

While the invention has been described in detail and particularly in connection with roofing as one embodiment, it will be understood that there may be various changes in details of con- Thus constructed the composition In the instant case the instruction and application without departing from the spirit thereof.

We claim:

I. In a roofing or flooring structure comprising spaced apart slabs, spaced apart supporting beams, a member for supporting the edges of adjacent slabs, a clamp strip disposed between the edges of adjacent slabs and between the member and one of the slabs, means for engaging and disengaging readily with the supporting member for mounting on and dismounting from the supporting member the clamp, and means for securing the slabs to the supporting member, said slab edge supporting member spanning the space between and mounted on adjacent supporting beams.

2. In a roofing or flooring structure comprising spaced apart slabs,- spaced apart supporting beams, a member between the supporting beams for supporting the edges of adjacent slabs, a

clamp member having a portion bent to engage and disengage readily one edge of the supporting member, and means on the clamp adapted to be bent over the edges of adjacent slabs.

3. In a roofing or flooring structure comprising spaced apart slabs, an expansion and contraction member having a yieldable web portion adapted to project between the slabs and base portions extending from the web to seat adjacent slabs, and a clamp having one portion adapted to engage the edge of one of thebase portions of the expansion member and another portion adapted to engage the margins of the slabs.

4. A unit for use in a building structure between edges of adjacent slabs'.comprising a spacing member having an intermediate web portion extending upward from a base, a clamp member fitted to the spacing member and provided with means opposite to and cooperating with the base thereof to receive the edges of adjacently laid slabs.

5..As an article of manufacture, a sectional unit for'clamping the edges of adjacent slabs comprising a supporting member provided with base portions which are adapted to seat upon spaced apart supporting beams and support the edge of adjacent slabs between the beams, a clamp having a web portion disposed at an angle to the supporting member, terminal portions on the clamp oppositely disposed for cooperating with the base portions of the supporting member to provide recesses for seating the edges of adjacent slabs, and means for readily attaching the clamp to the supporting member.

6. In a roofing or flooring structure comprising spaced apart slabs, spaced apart beams on which said slabs are mounted, a member for supporting the edges of adjacent slabs between the spaced apart beams, a clamp strip disposed between the edges of adjacent slabs and between the member and one of the slabs, means on the clamp for readily engaging with the supporting member 1 for readily mounting the clamp on the supporting member, and oppositely disposed projections on the clamp for securing adjacent slabs to the supporting member, said slab edge supporting member spanning the space between and mounted on the spaced apart beams.

7. In a roofing orflooring structure comprising spaced apart slabs, a slab supporting mem- 1 her having a web portion adapted to project between the slabs and base portions extending from the web to seat adjacent slabs, and a clamp having one portion adapted to engage the edge of one of the base portions of the slab supportsaid clamp comprising a base portion having a hook for engaging with the base portion of said supportingmembers and a. slab separating web terminating in oppositely disposed projections to engage opposite edges of adjacent slabs and se-v cure said slabs between the projections and the base of the supporting members.

CARLO M. WEBER. JOHN D. LONG. 

